Kersti

Moving is stressful even under the best circumstances.....Sorry for your stress.
I moved only 90-100 miles, 10 years ago and could not find a moving company that would insure my extensive antique glass collection so we rented a storage building (they are everywhere in US) and every time we went to check on the house (we were building) we took a car load of boxes that I had packed glass in and stored them until we moved.....then the moving company moved the furniture.

I used to go ballistic over moving. Stress to the max. Have been here 25 years and don't even want to think of it again. We used to move every 2 - 3 years and twice we moved ourselves, it was awful. You have my deepest sympathy.

I once moved across town a carful at a time. Packed up the car in the evening, next morning went to work. After work I dumped off the boxes at the new place and drove back to the old one. Kept doing that until I was down to bare bones, and switched the order -- work, old place, new place. Took me a month. Good thing I didn't have much furniture. Good luck. Sometimes with half a load you can get them at the last minute.... er... very scary idea though.

Yes! I had to move a piano from one city to the next. It was a nightmare! Finally had my friends do it for me. But you don't have that option over the water! Have you considered getting an Edinburgh firm to make the move for you? Sometimes the unusual option works better than the direct method.

I've started the Flower Bookmark. Sadly, I neglected to write down who's blog it came from. I'll never forget that again, I promise. I am having trouble understanding how to round the end. Can someone tell me who's bookmark this is. I will add the picture.